Incident Description:
I was using my Ryobi 18 volt hybrid blower to clear my driveway of grass clippings, using a battery not a power cord when it stopped working. I removed the battery & found a melted mess on the battery stub [pos. side] & a melted inside of my blower. Ryobi ...
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I was using the leaf blower to blow leaves, angled down towards the ground. It made a sound similar to the sound a roman candle stick makes when it launches a roman candle. Then the motor sounded different. I looked down and there were orange chunks all over ...
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While using the Ryobi 18v jet fan blower, Model #P2108, S/N EU16285D150129, the blower fan shattered, discharging shards of the fan from both ends of the blower. Ryobi has a current recall on similar blowers for the same problem. When contacted, Ryobi refused ...
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As soon as I turned on a blue Ryobi 1/4 sheet sander that I purchased a few years ago it exploded throwing metal and plastic pieces over a 20 ft radius. I sustained injuries including multiple lacerations to my upper abdomen and face almost impating my eye. ...
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Incident Description:
While using my Ryobi 8amp Jet Fan Blower Model RY42102, S/N EU16040D17502 on June 8, 2018, the plastic fan inside the blower broke causing the fan blades to be discharged from the blower. I had previously received a recall notification (dated March 2, 2017) ...
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Plugged in my Ryobi 1/4 sheet Sander(model number S6510 - Identifying number - AJ0549 112689) after not using for several years. Turned it on and metal pieces exploded from one side of it it, lacerating my scalp and causing massive bleeding. Needed 4-5 ...
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I was blowing leaves when suddenly the blower made a clattering noise. I immediately stopped blowing leaves. I observed that the fan inside the leaf blower had come apart with the fan blades all broken off and flying out the back of the leaf blower. I feel ...
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